Secure Syria And The Doctrine Of Arab Neutralism: From Independence To Dependence Translated By Rami Ginat Readable In Paperback

book examines the modern history of postmandatory Syria, The evolution of the Syrian ideology and policy of neutralism since the early stages of the Cold War is explained, and the effects that Arab neutralism had on shaping Syrias foreign policy and the shaping of its national identity are identified.
The phenomenon of Arab neutralism has never before been comprehensively investigated, The prevailing belief is that the formulation and realization of the policy of antialignment began only during Nassers first years in power in Egypt, However, the author demonstrates that the roots of neutralism were already sown in Arab soil in the earlys, and that successive Syrian governments carved out this policy during the final stages of World War II.
A core issue in the analysis is the dynamic between ideology and policy, A conceptual framework is developed to explain the various patterns of neutralism that emerged, and the complex of relationships between features exhibited by Syria, the Arab world, and the Third World.
The book makes extensive use of newly declassified material gleaned from archives in India, the former USSR, Poland, Britain, the United States and Israel primary sources, studied and interpreted in the original Arabic, are

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